My name is Valentina Bondarenko. I have been a teacher and educator for many years, with international teaching experience, and I want to share what my books are about and how I use them in class with Pre-K and elementary school students. Everyone can write a book. The question is whether a boo...My name is Valentina Bondarenko. I have been a teacher and educator for many years, with international teaching experience, and I want to share what my books are about and how I use them in class with Pre-K and elementary school students. Everyone can write a book. The question is whether a book will be written by the author to make him rich and famous, or to help children grow, learn, and become decent citizens of the country. I am writing books for children, their parents, and families to read together, not only for entertainment but also as a guide to the skills needed to live with others: kindness, responsibility, reliability, fairness, empathy, and strong goals to move forward and overcome difficulties along the way. My books help children become nice people. I have been a teacher for many years, and this position gives me the right to say I know children, their interests, and their goals. My books are written to go hand in hand with school programs and are for elementary school-age students. What are they about? They give examples of strong friendships and teach children how to be good friends and maintain friendships. The characters in my books go on field trips together, share sandwiches, help their grandparents water their gardens and pull weeds, and play together and have fun, reading funny stories in a tent at night. They make mistakes and correct them; they learn how to survive encounters with wild animals and how to hatch chicks. My books are funny and full of adventures, but every line teaches children how to like other people and treat them with respect. The character of the book, The Little Snap Dari with a Big Heart, little snap Dari, teaches Crow to respect those who are weaker and smaller, and the character of the book, My Friends Are Little People of America, short-statued girl, Heidy, the best and kindest student in the class, says,” Little needle sews a delicate fabric”, talking about her shortness and the dream to become a lawyer. Her dream has come true. I have written and published eleven books on Amazon. The Publisher is Arts Archive Press, New York. I use my books in class to back up my words with the characters' words.
Click-Clack is a clothespin. She is such a small thing but great! She is a friend to the whole family, but her greatest friend is Catherine, a garden snake. Click-Clack is brave and likes advent...
